Welcome to Tigers: Jason Castagna

[tonemaster]

One of the great mysteries is how he keeps managing to mark the ball inside 50. After Jack, has the second-highest number of marks inside 50, and is 27th in the league.

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_rankings?year=2017&rt=LT&st=M5

 

[King Kong]

Headless chook

 

[thegdog]

Butler Rioli Castagna have kicked 53 goals between them this year.

 

[123cups]

Kicks like a gaelic footballer.

Should always snap at goal, even when directly in front.

 

[tigers80]

Shaking his arms again today before a set shot, then kicked into the man on the mark.

He is nervous as hell when doing a set shot..

 

[leon]

Shaking his arms again today before a set shot, then kicked into the man on the mark.

He is nervous as hell when doing a set shot..

Yet we have a whole bunch of various 'gun' coaches who cannot do anything about this. Tell him to go and look at footage of how the GCS Jack Martin kicks a set-shot. It's a matter of sound technique repeated over and over until you get it right, like clockwork.

 

[GEDS1]

I've calmed down a bit now and perhaps I've been too hard on the kid.

What I have neglected to recognise is that every week he has at least 4 opportunities to kick goals and even up to 8 chances in other games. When I say 4 they are relatively easy shots and if he nailed them he would be hailed a star as. No other small forward gets those numbers.

And stats boffins know how many sodas he's missed and out on the full and didn't make the distance ? Reckon they would add up to a nice total if he got even 65% of them.

 

[tigertim]

I've calmed down a bit now and perhaps I've been too hard on the kid.

What I have neglected to recognise is that every week he has at least 4 opportunities to kick goals and even up to 8 chances in other games. When I say 4 they are relatively easy shots and if he nailed them he would be hailed a star as. No other small forward gets those numbers.

And stats boffins know how many sodas he's missed and out on the full and didn't make the distance ? Reckon they would add up to a nice total if he got even 65% of them.

I put a stat up a few weeks ago that JC goes at 45% when you take into account misses OOTF.

 

[22nd Man]

Got his two goals and does get involved at least. That easy miss and the set shot that was touched by the man on the mark took the sheen off his performance though.

Touched Ant? It was virtually smothered. He bobs up in the old parlance. Still think he needs to be rotated with Bolton Stengle Riolo before finals. Can't give him a guaranteed spot.

 

[St Kevin]

Will cost us with his goal kicking at some point this season.

 

[mrposhman]

Headless chook

Only when he gets the ball. He's actually very good at reading the ball and the play to know where to be, hence why he gets so much shots at goal. I have no idea what his set shot conversion is this year (I don't think its a pretty one) but hopefully we look to help him with goal kicking. He can kick it the distance he just really struggles with kicking the right part of the ball to keep it straight and to know where its going.

 

[kiwitiger]

One of the great mysteries is how he keeps managing to mark the ball inside 50. After Jack, has the second-highest number of marks inside 50, and is 27th in the league.

http://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/ft_player_rankings?year=2017&rt=LT&st=M5

I think when someone keeps getting it , its not a fluke ,

he does find the ball , doesnt always use it well ,we know that part,

but his strength , he does know how to read where its going

 

[Sintiger]

I think when someone keeps getting it , its not a fluke ,

he does find the ball , doesnt always use it well ,we know that part,

but his strength , he does know how to read where its going

I agree with this but he is just so wasteful.

Right now if I had to pick between him and Bolton I would pick Bolton but I am not sure Castagna is playing the Bolton role. The player he is keeping out is probably Lennon and whilst Ben has his obviously faults his conversion is not one of them.

I don't know to be honest. Lennon deserves a chance at some point given his vfl form.

 

[tigermouseau]

Shaking his arms again today before a set shot, then kicked into the man on the mark.

He is nervous as hell when doing a set shot..

Gets too close to man on Mark. Not the only one either. Look at Jack and Cotch - hardly any run up and only a few steps and much too close.

 

[CarnTheTiges]

Terrible with the set shot. Otherwise quite dangerous.

 

[leon]

He often has a terrible ball-drop; more of a fumble that a ball-drop onto the boot. Look at how that late set-shot came off the boot, opposite end over end to what it should - the epitome of a mongrel punt. His kicking technique is plain awful.

 

[tigertim]

He often has a terrible ball-drop; more of a fumble that a ball-drop onto the boot. Look at how that late set-shot came off the boot, opposite end over end to what it should - the epitome of a mongrel punt. His kicking technique is plain awful.

Indeed, his arms go out like a scarecrow when he kicks.

 

[tigersnake]

I'know I've gone on about it like a stuck record, but fair dinkum, the worst set shot ever. Can it be that hard to coach him on a set shot routine? Surely they can get him from terrible to OK? Is that too much to ask?

 

[TT33]

That bl00dy ball spinning as he runs in to kick gives me the absolute jimmys

 

[tigerdave]

He kicked a cracking left legged goal on the run earlier on in the season and at the time thinking '*smile*' that looked like Acker on the run kicking on his opposite for a sausage roll.

Some people are just *smile* at set goals!